Fort William College
Meer Amaan ( Meer Aman )
Syed Haidar Bakhsh Haidari[
about 1768- 1823 ]
Meer Sher Ali Afsos
[ 1746- 1809 ]
Meer Bahadur Ali Hussaini
Meer Kaazim ali Jawaan
[ died 1816 ]
Nihaal Chand Laahori
Mazhar Ali Khan Walaa
[ died 1816 ]
Maulwi Ikraam Ali
Beni Narayan Jahaan
Lallo Laal Ji
Mirza Ali Lutf
[ about 1754- 1822 ]
Maulwi Amanat-ul-allah Shaida
Mirza Jaan Tapish [ 1767-
1816 ]
Hammed-ud-deen Bihari
Mirza Muhammad Fitrat
Outside Fort William College :
Muhammad Bakhsh Mahjoor
: in Lucknow wrote Nau-ratan, Gulshan-e-bahaar
Muhammad Haseen Kaleem
: Friend of Meer Taqi Meer, translated fasoos-ul-hukum in Urdu
Haqeeqat : Jazab-e-Ishq
Tishna : Hafat Sayyah
Inshaullah Khan Insha :
Rani Ketki aur Uday Bhai Ki Kahani (this is considered first story
written in Hindi); dariyaa-e-latafat; Salak Guhar (a short story ,
doesn't contain even one letter with nuqta)
Mualwi Kareem-ud-deen :
translated Abi-ul-fida (Arabic, History)
Maulwi Muhammad Safa :
Zaad-e-aakhirat
Haafiz Ali : Raah-e-nijaat
Maulwi Muhammad Hayaat :
Siraaj-ul-hayaat
Mualwi Abdul Qaadir :
Gulshan-e-deen
Captain Joseph Tailor :
English- Urdu Dictionary (published in 1808)
Gladwin : Dictionary (
published in 1809)
John Shakespeare : Urdu
Dictionary ( 1813)
Maulwi Ismael : leader of the
Wahabi Movement, wrote Taqweeyat-ul-imaan
Dilli
College :
It was established in 1825 to teach
modern education. Sociology, Science, and Geography like subjects
were taught in Urdu. No book was published here, but the education
was based on lectures and students took notes and participated in
Science experiments.
Vernacular
Translational Society
Was in existence till 1857. Dr.
Springer ( Principle Dilli College), Master Ram Chandar, and Maulana
Sahbaai. Many books were written and many translated from Persian
and English.
Ramayan, Mahabharat, Dharam Shastra,
Leelawati, Shakuntala, etc. books were translated. Deewan of Sauda,
Meer, Dard, Jaraat and others was published.
Urdu was decleared official language in 1832.
Urdu Prose On the
Road of Progress. :
Faqeer Muhammad Khan Goya
[ about 1805- 1850 ] :
Bustaan-e-Hikmat (translated work) published 1825
Mirza Rajab Ali Beg Saroor
[ 1786- 1849 ] :
Fasaana-e-ajaayab (published 1824) most famous book; his other books
are Saroor Sultani (1847), Sharar Ishq (1856), Shagoofa-e-muhabbat,
Gulzaar-e-suroor, Shabistaan-e-saroor, and Insha-e-saroor.
Mirza
Ghalib
: famous for his letter
writing. brought a new style in prose writing.
Ghulam Imaam Shaheed [
1804- 1876 ] : Majmooa
Maulood Shareef; Insha-e-bahaar-e-khizaaN
Ghulam Ghaus Bekhabar [
1824- 1905 ] :
Khoona-ba-e-jigar; Rashk-e-laal-o-guhar; Fughaan-e-bekhabar; and
Insha-e-bekhabar.
Golden
Age of Urdu Prose :
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan [ 1817- 1898
] : Founder of world famous Aligarh Muslim University.
Muhsin-ul- Mulk [ 1817- 1908 ] :
His real name was Syed Mehdi Ali
Chiragh Ali [ 1846- 1895 ] :
Muhammad Haseen Azaad :
Aab-e-hayaat ( history of Urdu poetry) , he laid the foundation of
criticism in Urdu. "sach aur jhoot ka roznama " ( allegory), darbaar-e-
akbari ( book) ; qasas-e-hind ( history for the chlidren)
Altaf Hussain Haali [
1837- 1914 ] : first major
book was majlis-ul-nisa ( for education of women ); hayaat-e-saadi;
yadgaar-e-ghalib; hayaat-e-javed ( biography of Sir Syed Ahmed);
His most important work was "muqadma
sher-o-shayari " written as a preface to his collection of poetry.
Aal Ahmad Sarwar called it "the first manifesto of Urdu poetry. "
Nazeer Ahmed [ 1836- 1912 ]:
First novel writer of Urdu, murat-ul-uroos, binaat-ul-na'ash;
translated Quran into idiomatic Urdu ; translated with others
Indian Penal Code as "taazeeraat-e-hind" .
Mira Farhatullah Baig [
1830-1947] :
Zakaullah [ 1832- 1910 ] :
Wrote many articles on diiferent subjects and topics.
Allama Shibli
Nomani [ 1857- 1914 ] :
author of "Al-Mamoon", "Al-Farooq", "seerat-ul-nabi", "ilm-ul-kalaam",
"sho'ara-e-ajam" etc. seerat-ul-nabi was his last book which was
completed after his death by his shaagird Syed Sulaiman Nadvi.
Pandit Ratan Nath Sarshaar
[1847-1902] : author the most well know book in urdu "fasaana-e-aazad",
another book is "jaam-e-sarshaar." Editor of "awadh akhbaar".
click for an excerpt from
fasaana-e-aazad
Abdul Haleem Sharar [1860-1926] :
author of more than 100 books, published magazine "dil gudaaz"
first from Lucknow then from Hyderabad. Travelled to England learned
French. His famous books are "firdaus-e-bareeN", "mansoor mohna", "husn
ka daku", "zavaal-e-baghdad."
Munshi Sajjad Hussain [
1856-1915] : started magazine "awadh panch" in 1887.
Mirza Muhammad Hadi Rusva[
1858-1931]:
Muhammad Abdul Rashid (Rashid-ul-kHeri)
[1868-1936]:
Maulvi Abdul Haq [ 1870-1961]:
Dhanpat Rai
Premchand
[ 1880-1936] :
Ziyauddin Ahmed Barni [1890-1969]
:
Rasheed Ahmed Siddiqui [
1897-1977] :
Ahmed Shah Pitras Bukhari [
1898-1957]:
Dr. Aijaz Hussain [ 1898-1975] :
Abdul Majeed Saalik [ 1893-1959]:
Qazi Abdul Ghaffar [ died 1956]:
Sajjad Zaheer [1904-1973]:
Shaukat Thaanvi [ 1905-1963] :
Ashraf Saboohi [1905-1990]:
Shahid Ahmed Dahalvi [
1906-1967]:
Krishan Chandar [ 1912-1977]:
Ismat Chughtai [1915-1991] :
Rajendar Singh Bedi [1915-1984]:
Azeez Ahmed [1914-1978]:
Qurrat-ul-ain Haider [ born
1927]:
Qazi Abdul Sattar [ born 1930] :
Sajjad Haider [1880-1943]:
Upendra Nath Ashk [1910-1996]:
Pandit Badri Nath Sudarshan
[1896-1967]:
Sultan Haider Josh [ born 1954]:
Azam Koraivi
[ 1899- 1955]
Ali Abbas Hussaini [ 1897-1969]:
Akhter Hussain Raipuri [ born
1912]:
Saadat Hussain Mantoo [
1912-1955] :
Syed Akhter Ahmed ( Akhter
Oriyanvi) [1910-1977]:
Suhail Azeemabadi [ 1911-1979]:
Shakeela Akhter [ born 1916]:
Muhammad Tafeel [1923-1986]:
Akhter Ansari
Majnoon Gorakhpuri
Hayatullah Ansari
Khwaja Ahmed Abbas
Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi
Balwant Singh
Hans Raj Rahbar
Mumtaz Mufti
Muhammad Hasan Askari
Drama Writers
Mehdi Hasan Ahsan Lakhnawi [
1859-1930]:
Pandit Narayan Parshad Betaab :
Munshi Vinayak Parshad (Taalib
Banarasi) [ 1852-1922]:
Agha Hashr Kashmiri [ 1889-1925]
:
Ahmed Shuja [1893- 1969] :
Muhamamd Umar Noor-ul-ilaah :
Dr. Syed Abid Hussain :
Ishtiyaaq Hussain Quraishi :
Imtiyaz Ali Taj [1900-1970] :
Prof. Muhammad Mujeeb :
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